A St. Paul man has been sentenced to two years of probation for accidentally shooting himself while playing basketball at an elementary school open house when there were 40 to 50 people in the gym and most were children.

Lamont Jaytaris Gray Jr., 30, was treated at the hospital for a gunshot injury to his leg. No one else was injured in the Jan. 18 shooting. The St. Paul City Attorney’s Office charged Gray with recklessly handling or using a gun, a gross misdemeanor, and carrying a firearm by a permit holder on school property, a misdemeanor. Gray had a permit to carry a firearm.

According to the charges, Como Park Elementary on Wheelock Parkway was hosting a parent night and open house. Gray was playing basketball in the gym with his teenage daughter, but had trouble keeping his pants up.

After the gun went off, he limped out of the gym and someone called 911. Police found him outside and he said he’d accidentally shot himself.

He told police he had a holster for the 9mm Luger pistol, but it was at home because water had spilled on it. He had the gun on his right hip, under his waistband.

One witness told police the gun went off when Gray tightened his waistband. Another witness said it discharged when Gray went for the ball.

Gray, who spent two days in jail after his arrest, pleaded guilty to the gross misdemeanor charge on Tuesday as part of a plea deal with the prosecution that included the two years of unsupervised probation.

Gray, who also was sentenced Tuesday, was given a stay of imposition, which means the conviction will be deemed a misdemeanor as long as he successfully follows terms of probation, which includes staying away from Como Park Elementary.

— Nick Ferraro

No weapons found after high school gun scare

A lockdown at Roseville Area High School on Thursday afternoon was lifted after no weapon was found, according to the school district.

Just before 12:40 p.m., a student reported seeing another student with a gun.

The school was initially placed into a “hold” because “the report indicated it was at the Ramsey County Library and that is where the police responded,” according to a message the school district sent to parents. “Due to second-hand information and parent reports, the concern was that the gun was at Roseville Area High School so the school immediately went into lockdown.”

Police searched, didn’t find a weapon and continue to investigate. Several people were questioned.

The district notified parents just before 1:55 p.m. that the lockdown was lifted.

— Mara H. Gottfried

Haskell’s closes wine shop in city

The Haskell’s wine shop in Woodbury has closed.

An online listing for the store at 6445 Lake Road says “Permanently Closed.”

The Roundabout, an online Woodbury news site, reported Thursday that a sign taped to the front door of the store states: “We are closed. Thank you for your patronage!”

The store employed 12 full-timers and part-time employees, all of whom were offered employment at Haskell’s 11 other metro locations, according to The Roundabout.

A source told The Roundabout that rising rent and competition contributed to the decision to close.

— Mary Divine

Man, 18, charged with Gustavus carjacking

Charges filed against an 18-year-old Twin Cities man suggest he used an Airsoft rifle during a robbery-vehicle theft Saturday at Gustavus Adolphus College.

Tayvius Sorgatz Martin, of Maple Grove, was charged with felonies for first-degree robbery, second-degree robbery, simple robbery and theft in Nicollet County District Court.

A criminal complaint states the robbery occurred around 2:45 a.m. A woman told police she parked her Buick LaCrosse on campus and was walking to her dorm when a man wearing a ski mask and holding what looked like a rifle ordered her to give up her keys or he’d “shoot her in the head.”

The man took the keys then ran toward her vehicle, according to the complaint, while she went to the dorm and called police.

Local police reported the vehicle as stolen, leading to the Plymouth Police Department locating it Sunday at a Walgreens.

Martin was one of two people in the vehicle. The other person, Star Wesley Sommerville, 19, of Plymouth, was booked into jail but had not been charged as of Wednesday.

In an email, Gustavus confirmed Martin is not enrolled as a student and has no known connection to the college.

The complaint against Martin notes his parents confirmed he owns an AR-style Airsoft rifle.

— Free Press of Mankato

Inmate found dead in state prison cell

A 39-year-old male inmate at the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Moose Lake was found dead in his cell on Tuesday morning, according to the Minnesota Department of Corrections.

A cellmate reported finding the man unresponsive in their room at 10:40 a.m., according to a news release. Corrections staff immediately responded, and lifesaving measures were attempted but unsuccessful.

The Minnesota Department of Corrections’ Office of Special Investigations is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death, the news release states. The Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office will perform an autopsy. The man’s name has not been released pending notification of the family.

The medium-security Moose Lake prison can house up to 1,000 men.

— Forum News Service

WEC asks high court to rule on RFK Jr. ballot

Election officials in Wisconsin asked the state’s liberal-controlled Supreme Court on Thursday to decide whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ’s name should stay on the presidential ballot before there’s an appellate ruling.

Kennedy has been trying to get his name off ballots in key battleground states since he suspended his campaign in August and endorsed former President Donald Trump. Earlier this month a divided North Carolina Supreme Court kept him on the ballot there while the Michigan Supreme Court kept him on that state’s ballot.

Kennedy filed a lawsuit in Wisconsin on Sept. 3 seeking a court order removing him from the ballot. A Dane County judge refused to oblige, ruling Monday that state law says candidates must remain on the ballot unless they die.

Kennedy has asked the 2nd District Court of Appeals to review that ruling. Attorneys for the Wisconsin Election Commission filed a petition with the state Supreme Court asking the justices to take the case directly without waiting for the 2nd District to rule. They argued that the case needs a timely, final resolution since clerks have already started sending absentee ballots to voters with Kennedy’s name on them.

— Associated Press